Salesforce.com

The free Force.com Toolkit for Adobe AIR and Flex makes it easy for developers to create rich Internet applications (RIAs) as well as desktop applications that enhance the Salesforce.com Force.com platform. Using the toolkit, you can access the Force.com web services APIs to:

• Build rich and secure enterprise applications in the cloud that connect directly to the Force.com database, logic, and workflow capabilities.
• Include a full set of services and functionality, including authentication, multilanguage and multicurrency support, real-time query engine.
• Extend Force.com applications with Adobe AIR to access and update Force.com-managed data—even when users are offline.
• Bring your Flex skills to thousands of enterprises using the Force.com platform to enhance Force.com reporting and dashboards.

Refer to the resources on this page to get inspired and start building your own enterprise applications powered by Force.com and the Flash Platform.

• Get inspired
• Get started with the Force.com Toolkit for Adobe AIR and Flex

Get started with the Force.com Toolkit for Adobe AIR and Flex

1. Explore what you can do.

   • Demo: Get an overview of what you can build

2. See how it's done.

   • Screencast: Watch a developer build an application in under 10 minutes

3. Download the software.

   • Force.com Toolkit for Adobe AIR and Flex
   • Flex Builder 3

4. Start building your first application.

   • Quick start: Code a Hello World application
   • Quick start: Use basic operations to display a list of accounts

Learn from tutorials

• Tutorial: Take Salesforce data offline using Adobe AIR
• Tutorial: Build a standalone AIR application with Flex 3
• Tutorial: Create a Flex Force.com mashup